Newly appointed U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, from the Eastern District of Viginia, has released a criminal indictment of former FBI Director James Comey [SEE INDICTMENT HERE].
The indictment alleges three counts. Counts one and two are ‘false statements’ to Congress on September 30, 2020, [18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2)], and count three is ‘obstruction of a federal proceeding’ stemming from the same testimony. [18U.S.C. § 1505]
The first false statement charge surrounds Hillary Clinton’s “approval of a plan concerning” Donald Trump and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.
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♦ COUNT #1 – James Comey claimed he could not remember being made aware of the Trump-Russia collusion plan, and there is ample evidence from his own previous public statements, from public and sworn statements by former CIA Director John Brennan, from former statements by officials in the January 5, 2017, meeting memorialized by Susan Rice, from statements that remain sealed as recounted by former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, and from statements under oath by the former Clinton campaign team -including campaign manager Robby Mook- that James Comey was well aware of the plan.
While this first count is based on the tenuous “I don’t remember” aspect, this count holds more material benefit than simply Comey’s recollection. This count could open the door to public testimony by McCabe, Rice, Mook, Brennan and even Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton herself as to Comey’s knowledge; each was a first-hand witness.
This first count holds strong material value in a public trial regardless of the outcome. This first count establishes the baseline for USAO Lindsey Halligan to bring all material witnesses into court and publicly put them on record outlining the Trump-Russia collusion scheme.
You could say, I hope the intent is not just to incarcerate Comey per se’ – but rather to use what Comey represents to indict the entire enterprise around him. The facts behind Count #1 make this possible.
Let’s all hope this strategic intent unfolds.
♦ Count #2, involves James Comey falsely testifying he did not direct former his FBI Special Government Employee (SGE) Daniel Richman to leak information to New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt.
This second count is easily evidenced through the prior investigation of Office of Inspector General Michael Horowitz and all prior witness statements therein. Again, that includes testimony to Horowitz given by former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
Additionally, the second count is evidenced by the direct testimony of Daniel Richman himself, who was hired by James Comey and given special access privileges to classified information systems. Richman was likely a grand jury witness during the assembly of the case against Comey. Count #2 is the easiest to prove beyond any reasonable doubt.
♦ BIG PICTURE – One of the frustrations felt by many people, who have researched or followed the Trump-Russia collusion nonsense, is the lack of accountability for the internal actors who operated within a highly weaponized DOJ and FBI system. Perhaps this indictment is the first step in holding those to account.
I am often asked about why the second term cabinet members of President Trump do not take action. My response is consistent. They refuse to acknowledge or assert the corruption within the institutions they lead. They are fraught with fear.
The administration of President Donald Trump does not have the same institutional operations in place that Joe Biden visibly deployed post January 6, 2021.
President Barack Obama spent eight years working with Attorney General Eric Holder, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Deputy AG Sally Yates, former FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and former FBI Chief Legal Counsel James Baker, on a process of weaponizing the Dept of Justice and FBI.
All of the agents and attorneys within the Obama network, in addition to their private sector media and Lawfare partners, spent over a decade building out their ideological targeting tools.
Bondi, Patel and to a lesser extent Bongino, spent a ridiculous amount of time denying the institutional constructs that sit beneath them. Still, to this day, they do not publicly admit the internal challenge with each organization.
All institutional change first requires a public admission of the problem.
Main Justice and FBI remain -to this day- in private acceptance but public denial of the problem. In essence, they are stuck in a pretending loop. Each day that follows grows the Gordian knot their denial and fear creates.
It is a self-fulfilling prophecy; an outcome born of both fear and inability. Those who created the weaponized institutions are heavily reliant upon the retention of pretense.
We the people, are continually witnessing this dynamic and frustrated at the lack of accountability. Yet even within that frustrated annoyance, too few boldly outline exactly how comprehensively corrupt the institutions are – by former design.
Pam Bondi and Kash Patel are afraid of the organizations they lead. Their fear stems from a desire to be viewed as effective, and yet their ineffectiveness at correcting the problem is driven by their fear. Thus, the loop.
Yes, Main Justice and the FBI can change the dynamic, but it starts -as all massive institutional reform efforts must- with a seismic release of sunlight upon the toxic corruption that sits at their feet.
As long as Pam Bondi and Kash Patel continue to maintain a pretense of top-down control, the embedded system operators will continue undermining them and acting maliciously. The effort to hold James Comey to account is highlighting just how corrupt THEIR SYSTEM is. It is not accidental that President Trump needed to shake them up and change this dynamic with the very public appointment of Lindsey Halligan.
How do Bondi and Patel stop entwining the knot and finally cut it? Well, that begins with sunlight, firings, investigations and criminal indictments of former officials AND current holdovers inside their agencies.
In essence, they must purposefully and righteously ‘turn the tables‘ in their own temples.
Perhaps the indictment of James Comey will finally begin the process.
I just heard Andrew McCarthy, no fan of Comey or Trump, and yes, a guy who is sometimes right and sometimes wrong, state on Fox that the IG had said in his report that McCabe’s words weren’t truthworthy.
The clips running show Sen Cruz asking Comey if he ever leaked or instructed anyone else to do so, to which Comey answered “no” to both. They also show Cruz stating as he questions Comey that McCabe said that he, Comey, instructed him, McCabe, to leak.
However, a few legal analysts who say they followed the case say that Cruz was not accurate that day when he claimed that McCabe had said he was instructed by Comey to leak.
Sundance has a great memory on this stuff. I’m hoping some of you do too.
What did McCabe say and to whom did he say it. How strong is any evidence that McCabe claimed that?
On top of likely facing an anti-Trump judge and knowing we’ll never get a proTrump jury, I want to know if we have solid evidence that McCABE said that, to whom he said it, and under what circumstances he said it.
Who can help me out here?
I don’t know about McCabe as a witness.
McCabe was later fired so it is possible he was trying to save himself and blame Comey for his own criminal behavior at any point in time. He blamed his underlings as well.
That said, Comey gave stuff to Richmond(?), the Columbia professor, to leak for him. That was apparent at the time. Didn’t Comey brag about how they entrapped Michael Flynn?
These guys were arrogant and proud of themselves.
He gave stuff to Richmond AFTER he was fired, right? He was a private citizen then, not FBi head. Or am I mistaken?
**** I just checked. AI does make mistakes, but this is its answer to my question:
James Comey gave memos detailing his conversations with President Trump to his friend, Daniel Richman, after he was fired in May 2017. Comey instructed Richman, a Columbia Law School professor, to share the content of the memos with the press.
Comey wasn’t supposed to still have those memos after he was fired though. That was work product and not his personal property even though he wrote the memos himself.
I don’t think this has anything to do with McCabe. Richman, in my opinion , was the fbi employee.
Seeing how the jury will be liberals,all the prosecution has to do in closing arguments that comey. Ost Hillary the 16 election . He’s toast
Comey cost
Then why did POTUS hire them? Because they preened on Fox News?
Meanwhile, understaffed Harmeet Dhillon is challenging Democrat strongholds.
Donald Trump for President: “🚨 BREAKING: Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon is making a strong case to the Supreme Court to abolish race-based Voting Rights Act districts that favor Democrats. If the Court agrees, it could lead to significant changes, shaking up Democratic strongholds and potentially flipping many districts. This is a hopeful step toward fair representation for all Americans!”
Solicitor General John Sauer also partnering w her on this, great attorneys to argue this case: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/trumps-doj-goes-war-against-race-based-voting/
This case, along with the case on the president’s authority to fire FTC officials (or fire any an official from any other agency), is going to be one of the 2025-2026 term’s big cases.
This man can never sound sincere about anything.
Why isn’t his lawyer telling him to STFU? That’s the first thing any criminal defense lawyer says to a client. Unless…OMG..Comey isn’t going to represent himself, is he? “He who represents himself has a fool for a client.”
I think Comey is trying to influence the jury pool. No doubt his statements will get wide play in the DC viewing area.
Comey is to damn cocky and smug to shut up.
There is something Satanic about him.
Emily Dickinson once said, “Hope is that thing with feathers…”
Nearly all my feathers were plucked long ago and that makes me either a Thanksgiving turkey or a bald eagle perched outside Comey’s cell.
I prefer the latter but we’ll see what happens!
I will be Happy to pluck the feathers off my crow and fry it like chicken,if that weasel comey goes to jail…- – -…
His daughter was canned from the SDNY US Attorney’s office after her handling of the P. Diddy case. Her husband then resigned from a job at SDNY U.S. Attorney’s office.
I expect the younger generation will land jobs with Dem-affiliated BigLaw firms.
James Comey presents as one weird dude. He is a sort of creepy mean girl.
Vindictive in a soft spoken, cutsey way. So glad Trump fired him.
You nailed it. And so did Celia:
https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/james-comey-has-a-problem
He’s a narcissist and from what I’ve read of him, he was positively out of his mind with disbelief and hate when Trump fire him.
He prided himself on seeing to it that no one would fire him because he felt he positioned himself to scare them into submission with “I have stuff on you.”
Comey wasn’t trying help Obama/Hillary et al with the Crossfire Hurricane stuff. He was assuring himself of staying as head of FBI, or so he thought.
I have heard Trump say that if he hadn’t fired Comey, he would not have survived his stay in office. Not assassination,although maybe, but a dirty trick retirement of sorts, thanks to the FBI.
Never go Full-Hoover.
The one thing we can be sure of, this will continue and intensify as we get closer to the mid-terms.
I truly believe President Trump wont’s justice and some retribution for what was done to him, by these people. I also believe he will maximize the court cases to dismantle the DNC’s corrupt system they have built over the last 50 plus years. The new information network of the internet will be his weapon to implement that dismantling. At the end of the next 3 years and 4 months, we will have MAGA in place. We must learn patients. The corrupt system was not built over night!
Trump is brilliant.
Ham sandwich (Comey) meet indictment.
McCarthy on Fox…who is bogus…says it was McCabe who Comey authorized to leak, but McCabe after being cornered, said he did it himself.
Sundance…who is not bogus…says Comey authorized Richman to leak, which is already well established. But, can Comey claim Richman was not an actual FBI Employee?
Hard for Comey to say that, after Comey hired RIchman so Richman could have access to confidential information and do the leaking for Comey. Richman was the cutout.
Will be interesting to see if Richman can be flipped to testify against Comey.
Comey has already admitted he gave some material to Richmann to leak to the NYT; even admitted he hoped it would help start a Special Counsel investigation—that was in different testimony to Congress, the House, I think.
If Sundance is right, the only issue is whether Richamnn qualifies as “at the FBI” which was the phrasing of the question from Cruz.
But that was when he was a private citizen, as he had already been fired.
Im wondering, from what I read about this judge overseeing this case he’s tied to Comey?
Anyone else read this?
“ the judge, “randomly” assigned? A Biden appointee. Oh, and it gets better — his first job? Hired by James Comey.”
True, his first job out of law school was being hired by Comey. But it was a couple of decades ago.
You can be grateful to the guy who hired you right out of school, but not feel any loyalty. Years pass, and you decide you did the job you were hired to do, and owe the old boss nothing. Especially if the first boss turned out to be a jerk.
A motion should still be made for the Judge to recuse himself, if nothing else the fact is in the record and could be used in an appeal if necessary.
Good point At least the judge is on notice. I doubt the chief judge or the circuit court would recuse him for this.
The only appeal that the DOJ might take would be if Comey were convicted and got a very light sentence. No appeal of an acquittal.
Don’t get your hopes up people. How many times have you gotten your hopes up in the last 10 years that something really going to happen this time and nothing happens. This judge could very well dismiss this case. Who in the DOJ has the courage to fight it. A leftist judge in liberal Alexandria Va with a liberal jury pool. You still think something is going to happen to Comey.
Among the left, there is no loyalty to an individual, only loyalty to “the party.”
A lot like North Korea.
Don’t forget to take into consideration loyalty to self.
A trial such as this might easily go the way of one rolling over on another in order to cover his own ass.
Just sayin’
Wray and Mueller lied before congress also. Indictments please.
Did 47 just 86 Comey..?
Love this ^^^^^^^!!!!!
The fbi investigation, ARCTIC HAZE.
FBI investigation lead by Durham, Tropic Vortex. Baker from Rybiki, from Comey.
What a mess.
https://www.scribd.com/document/907276208/FBI-Memos-Tropic-Vortex-Baker-Rybicki-And-Comey
If they are fearful and are unable to do the right thing…let them find another job and appoint someone with more courage to do the right thing. Think Tulsi. She may be fearful but she is willing to step up and do the right thing. Find her some real good security so no one harms her as she takes these bad actors and prosecute them for the wrong they did to us Americans
Leaked FBI memo states there were close to 300 plain clothed FBI agents at J6.
Perhaps the government shutdown begins the process. Just days away.
FBI Director Christopher Wray lied to Congress on the assignment of hundreds of uncover FBI Agents on J6.
I think Wray is worse than Comey!
They forgot the main charge which should have been treason!
Exercise patience: ya never know what will come of it. One thing leads to another.
ACCOUNTABILITY!! 🙂
Bondi must go, she fully supported the appointment of Erik Siebert who had prepared a 51-page memo outlining why Comey shouldn’t b prosecuted: https://joehoft.com/huge-exclusive-us-attorney-erik-siebert-had-a-stunning-conflict-of-interest-but-kept-it-hidden-and-got-fired/
“Erik Siebert the US attorney fired by Trump had prepared a 51 page Memo outlining why Jim Comey should not be charged for crimes he committed while at the FBI. However, Siebert did not disclose that his father-in-law, his wife’s father, is the godfather to Comey’s daughter, a stunning conflict of interest. Siebert should have recused himself but he never did.”
@Sundance: “All institutional change first requires a public admission of the problem.”
While I have the utmost respect for you, Sundance, having been an avid reader of your work daily since 2016, with respect to this comment, I would humbly suggest that you are categorically wrong.
The DoJ and FBI must compile a case, IN PRIVATE, NOT IN THE PUBLIC LIGHT, but not one case, many many many cases, they don’t even know how many and they don’t know everyone involved, and they have to be rock solid cases, every single one, so they must investigate, COVERTLY, SO THAT THE GUILTY PARTIES DO NOT KNOW, extensive investigation of a unbelievably wide net, an ever widening net.
Comey had time hard stop, statue of limitation, and so, due to necessity, they obviously narrowed that indictment to 3 very distinct very easy very rock solid cases. That was easy. They other cases will not be so SIMPLE or EASY. The rest are going to take time. Patient deligent time. They cannot MUST NOT shoot from the hip. And honestly, there is a sequence, because the AUTOPET must be tried, and the PARDON’s nulled and voided, and then the RICO, establised, to overcome the Statue of Limitation problem. TIME. Patience. Give it at least another 12 months, minimum.
Also, while I have your attention. I know you like to harp on Bondi for her prolific FOX News appearances, particularly in the few 6 months, but as the AG, the public needed this. We didn’t need a PR nobody. We needed the gravitas of PAM BONDI AG. And she is a seasoned public speaker. We needed this. Period.
I love you keen insite, but you are also biased, and I know why you don’t trust Bondi due to her past, and I can’t argue or defend her on that issue. Nor do I desire to defend that. Given what I read of your analysis, I beileve she was wrong, abused power. But maybe, just maybe, her heart is in the right, now, under Trump. That is my prayer.
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@Sundance: “All institutional change first requires a public admission of the problem.”
While I have the utmost respect for you, Sundance, having been an avid reader of your work daily since 2016, with respect to this comment, I would humbly suggest that you are categorically wrong.
The DoJ and FBI must compile a case, IN PRIVATE, NOT IN THE PUBLIC LIGHT, but not one case, many many many cases, they don’t even know how many and they don’t know everyone involved, and they have to be rock solid cases, every single one, so they must investigate, COVERTLY, SO THAT THE GUILTY PARTIES DO NOT KNOW, extensive investigation of a unbelievably wide net, an ever widening net.
This Comey indictment had a hard time stop, the statue of limitation, and so, due to necessity, they obviously narrowed that indictment to 3 very distinct very easy very rock solid cases. That was easy. They other cases will not be so SIMPLE or EASY. The rest are going to take time. Patient deligent time. They cannot MUST NOT shoot from the hip. And honestly, there is a sequence, because the AUTOPET thing must be tried, and the Pardons nulled and voided, and then the RICO establised, to overcome the Statue of Limitation problem. TIME. Patience. Give it at least another 12 months, minimum.
Also, while I have your attention. I know you like to harp on Bondi for her prolific FOX News appearances, particularly in the first few 6 months, but as the AG, the public needed this. We didn’t need a PR nobody. We needed the gravitas of PAM BONDI AG. And she is a seasoned public speaker, so she can do them in her sleep, and she doesn’t need to prep, not on topics she knows first hand. We needed this. Period. That is my opinion, with all due respect.
I love your keen insite, but you are also biased, maybe jaded, both of which are understandable and I know why you don’t trust Bondi due to her actions as the FL AG, and I can’t argue or defend her on that issue. Nor do I desire to defend that, given what I read of your analysis, I beileve she was wrong, abused power. But maybe, just maybe, her heart is in the right place, now, under Trump. That is my prayer. My deep prayer. But she needs time. One single discreet law case takes a lot of time, to do it right, and what she, Patel, Bongino, Gabbard, Ratcliffe, etc are dealing with is something of a wholy different caliber. They need a methodical strategy. The organizations are masssive. I am not saying to stop providing critical insight, or outright criticism, all I am saying is that include in your analysis an understanding of the sheer magnitude of what they are dealing with, and ALL OF IT MUST BE DONE IN CONFIDENCE FOR ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS.
Not. For. The. Public. Eyes.
These cases will not be tried in the Court of Public Opinion.
Just sayin’
We needed the “gravitas” of Pam Bondi??
Yes. Why is this hard to understand? I would think this is obvious.
We (the people) needed the senior official speaking and answering questions. The Trump Administration needs to reinstate confidence in the DoJ, FBI,etc…. RIGHT?
And contrary to the opinion of idiots who know nothing about what it takes to build a sound winnable case, this TAKES TIME…. like 12 to 18 months for ONE SIMPLE case, and this is DOZENS or HUNDREDS of cases, involving HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of individuals.
So, since there is not gonna be any public indictments or prosecutions until after serious patient long investigations…. 12 to 18 months…. it helps to have the ACTUAL Attorney General, the one individual with the AUTHORITY to prosecute, to communicate to the public to let us know that she is listening to us, and that she is aware of the problems, and that she is committed to addressing them. The Trump Adminitration has a reputation for the senior officials out in front of the public eye, so that is exactly what Bondi has been doing. If you want to see big indictments, how about you wait 12 to 18 months, unless you want Bondi to prosecute cases that she looses… and fails to prosecute quilty people who she failed to identify.
What about the classified documents in his safe? Funny how everyone can have those in their possession? Yet, a former president is raided by the fbi for having those that were given to him. Isn’t government wonderful.
Wait…what?
He’s an idiot.
Uh, good luck with that. You don’t have the votes so go right ahead and waste your time.
I heard on the radio that if convicted Comey could see five years in prison.
FIVE years. That’s it.
We as a public have suffered with this nonsense way longer than this jackknob will ever suffer… not to mention the exorbitant cost to the American taxpayer for the charade.
May he and his untrustworthy children reap the depths of their corruption from generation to generation… let there be no rock they can hide under and let them carry the burden of infamy and shame forever.
May his grandchildren and great grandchildren be embarrassed by association.
I don’t appreciate Bondi making the President “the bad guy” by forcing her to do her job. You would think he wouldn’t either. We, MAGA, his supporters, his base, deserve a better AG than her.
That isn’t the indictment that was handed down. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459120/united-states-v-comey/
‘Judge who reviewed James Comey’s indictment was confused by prosecutor’s handling of case, transcript shows’
“According to a transcript of the proceedings obtained by CBS News, Judge Vaala asked the newly named interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan — a former Trump personal lawyer — why there were two versions of the indictment. A majority of the grand jury that reviewed the Comey matter voted not to charge him with one of the three counts presented by prosecutors…”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-james-comey-indictment-confusion-trump/
‘What we know about the judge assigned to Comey’s criminal case’
“A judge appointed by former President Biden was randomly assigned Thursday night to oversee the criminal case of James Comey…”
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5523567-biden-appointed-judge-comey/
The Deep State attacks the ones they FEAR the most. Pay attention to the ones they AREN’T attacking